From archive Thu Jul 30 16:57:10 MDT 1992 Subject: Re: The Disc World (What Terry said) From: rmclghln@vax1.tcd.ie (Kimota!) Organization: Computer Laboratory, Trinity College Dublin Date: 3 Jul 89 11:36:07 GMT In article , zmacx07@tsun2.doc.ic.ac.uk (Simon E Spero) writes: > Quote from Terry Pratchett on why there is no map of the Discworld- > " I hate to tell you this, but it doesn't really exist." > > He has also said that entire continents are liable to move without notice > if it gives a better punchline. > > By the way, I wouldn't say that UU was the Vatican- the image suggested to > me is of an Oxbridge college.. We (the Dublin University Science Fiction Society) had Terry over to give us a talk last December. We brought him out for a meal in TCD itself in a real old building with loads of paintings on the walls of the ex-Provosts of Trinity. It was the usual B******t "College" dinner (y'know Latin prayers before and after the meal etc. etc.) and his one reaction to the place was "This is exactly what I always imagined the Great Hall in UU is like". BTW there isn't really any point in trying to draw a map of the Discworld because the world changes between each book. As Terry said the question he is most commonly asked by 12-14 year olds wearing glasses is "On page 137 of such and such a book you say this and yet on page 144 in this book you say the opposite, how can this happen????" and his favourite reply is "Fuck off!". Says it all don't ya think?? Y'all take it easy y'hear. **** Rorschach aka. QUINCH aka. **** **** rmclghln@vax1.tcd.ie **** From archive Thu Jul 30 16:57:10 MDT 1992 Subject: Author Lists: Terry Pratchett From: JWenn.ESAE@xerox.COM Date: 6 Dec 89 11:33:38 GMT Terry Pratchett is another guy with a strange sense of humor, but he writes on a more adult level. I really like his "Discworld" series, which is a really, really funny lampoon of every fantasy idea you've ever read. The main disadvantage is that since he is British, his books are published on the American side of the pond one year later. /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com studiesshow80percentofallamericansknowabouthomecomputers thatshigherthanthepercentageofamericanswhoknowaboutsex-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pratchett, Terry Discworld: The Colour of Magic [1983] The Light Fantastic [1985] Equal Rights [1987] Mort [1987] Sorcery [1988] Wryd Sisters [1988] Pyramid [1989] Guards, Guards! [1989] In Series: Strata [1981] The Dark Side of the Sun [1976] Truckers [1989] From archive Thu Jul 30 16:57:10 MDT 1992 Subject: Re: Author Lists: Terry Pratchett Summary: minor corrections From: lfd@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (leland.f.derbenwick) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Date: 6 Dec 89 17:44:29 GMT A couple title corrections, at least as they were published in the U.S. In article <891206-033407-14374@Xerox>, JWenn.ESAE@xerox.COM writes: > Terry Pratchett is another guy with a strange sense of humor, but he writes > on a more adult level. [ ...stuff deleted, including several titles] > Equal Rights [1987] ^^^^^^ Equal Rites > Sorcery [1988] ^^^^^^^ Sourcery [ _just_ came out: December, 1989 ] > Wryd Sisters [1988] > Pyramid [1989] > Guards, Guards! [1989] These three aren't out yet here, as far as I know. :-( -- Speaking for myself, -- Lee Derbenwick, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Warren, NJ -- lfd@cbnewsm.ATT.COM or !att!cbnewsm!lfd From archive Thu Jul 30 16:57:10 MDT 1992 Subject: Author Lists: Terry Pratchett (corrected version) From: JWenn.ESAE@XEROX.COM Date: 11 Dec 89 05:00:47 GMT Well I made enough mistakes (true most were mispellings, but mistakes never the less) on my Terry Pratchett list that it's worth while to give the corrected version. So here it is. Terry Pratchett is another guy with a strange sense of humor, but he writes on a more adult level. I really like his "Discworld" series, which is a really, really funny lampoon of every fantasy idea you've ever read. The main disadvantage is that since he is British, his books are published on the American side of the pond one year later. [J] == The book is for juveniles (however you define them) [NF] == Non-Fiction /John arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com studiesshow80percentofallamericansknowabouthomecomputers thatshigherthanthepercentageofamericanswhoknowaboutsex-ly ---------------------------------------------------------------- Pratchett, Terry Discworld: The Colour of Magic [1983] The Light Fantastic [1985] Equal Rites [1987] Mort [1987] Sourcery [1988] Wyrd Sisters [1988] Pyramids [1989] Guards! Guards! [1989] The Carpet People [1971] [J] The Dark Side of the Sun [1976] Strata [1981] Truckers [1989] The Unadulterated Cat [1989] [NF] [but still funny] From archive Thu Jul 30 16:57:10 MDT 1992 Subject: Re: Author Lists: Terry Pratchett From: lee@liberty.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee) Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Date: 12 Dec 89 18:03:57 GMT Terry Pratchett spoke at Noreascon III in Boston on Labor Day weekend this year (If you get a chance to see him speak, go -- he's very entertaining!). He mentioned that he plans to re-issue his first novel ("The Carpet People", previously mentioned by other folks in this thread), although he plans to do some extensive re-writing first, since he feels he is a much better writer these days. He also said that he had begun work (or at least thinking) on the next Discworld novel (after "Guards! Guards!"), which will be called "Hooray For Holy Wood" (spelling approximate), and which pokes fun at (you guessed it) film and film stars. From his description, it looks to be great! He said that he was releasing discworld books roughly every six months in England, but has no idea how long they would take to make it out in the US. If you'd like to see the rest of the lot released over here sooner, write to the publisher! Pratchett trivia (gleaned from the talk): His favourite novel so far is probably "Wyrd Sisters", with "Mort" running a close second. He finds that some of his characters (particularly Granny Weatherwax and Death) have taken up permanent residence in parts of his mind, and he finds himself thinking like one of them every now and then. There is no map of the Discworld per se -- he makes up new pieces whenever it suits him, but he now keeps all of his books in a word processor so that he can try to be consistent about locations he has already written about. He does this mostly for fear that some fan will come up to him and say "No! You said here that she turns LEFT to go to the tavern, but it's to the RIGHT!" -Peter E. Lee ----- ----- lee@cs.umass.edu Peter E. Lee Fuligin@umass.bitnet Staff Assistant (413) 549-6366 University Of Mass at Amherst